{"id":2730,"date":"2014-10-01T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:31:54","slug":"electronic-vital-signs-monitors-make-patient-care-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/electronic-vital-signs-monitors-make-patient-care-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic vital-signs monitors make patient care safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Clinical Manager Teresa Seguin (left) and RN Claudette St-Jacques demonstrate The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s new electronic vital-signs monitor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New electronic monitors that record patients\u2019 vital signs are making care safer at The Ottawa Hospital by reducing errors, improving infection control and saving valuable nursing hours.<\/p>\n<p>Vital-signs monitors identify the patient and then read blood pressure, pulse, temperature and oxygen saturation levels at precise intervals. With the push of a button, the information is recorded instantly in the patient\u2019s electronic medical record and can then be easily interpreted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt saves time and it saves energy,\u201d said Teresa Seguin, a clinical manager at the General Campus. \u201cNurses don\u2019t need to go looking for charts to see vital signs \u2013 it\u2019s all right there in front of you whenever you need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, vital signs would be measured by nurses who jot the information down on a paper chart.<\/p>\n<p>According to research by medical-device manufacturer Welch Allyn, as many as 10,000 transcription errors \u2013 information that\u2019s miscopied or entered in the wrong chart \u2013 happen every year at a typical 200-bed hospital.<\/p>\n<p>An electronic system minimizes the chance for errors, resulting in safer patient care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always have the correct information and we can see trends instantly right there on the screen,\u201d said Seguin. \u201cIt\u2019s much better for the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monitors aren\u2019t shared between patients, and have flat, easy-to-wipe screens, making it easier to control the spread of infections.<\/p>\n<p>Having the monitors stationed at the bedside also means that time isn\u2019t wasted searching for equipment. This simple change could save 250,000 nursing hours every year that can be better spent caring for patients.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic vital-signs monitors are now on one floor at the General Campus and they\u2019re scheduled to go hospital-wide by December.<\/p>\n<p>Seguin said that\u2019s great news. \u201cIt\u2019s easy and it\u2019s helpful. It\u2019s safer for patients and nurses love it. It\u2019s such a positive project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical Manager Teresa Seguin (left) and RN Claudette St-Jacques demonstrate The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s new electronic vital-signs monitor. New electronic monitors that record patients\u2019 vital signs are making care safer at The Ottawa Hospital by reducing errors, improving infection control and saving valuable nursing hours. Vital-signs monitors identify the patient and then read blood pressure, pulse, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":2731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}